MacKenzie, Selkirk, Simpson

Contents

SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE

Canada's Stonemason Prime Minister
The Honourable Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie was Canada's second prime minister 1873-1878. He was a self-educated stonemason who immigrated to Canada in 1842. He was known and loved for his honesty and integrity. In keeping with his humble beginnings, he declined knighthood three times. This video covers his entire life including: humble beginnings in Scotland; tragedies and triumphs as a young stonemason, husband & father; pre-Confederation days as a vocal Reform journalist and politician; reluctant Liberal leader and Prime Minister; silent declining days in opposition; and, final trip and tributes. It includes a number of family archival images and has been updated from an earlier video.

Chapter I - Struggle of the Fur Companies
Chapter II - The Young Trader
Chapter III - Fort Chipewyan
Chapter IV - A Dash to the Arctic Sea
Chapter V - The Ascent of the Great River
Chapter VI - A Wider Horizon
Chapter VII - Winter on Peace River
Chapter VIII - Over the Great Divide
Chapter IX - First to the Pacific and Return
Chapter X - Fame Achieved and the Ebbing Tide
Chapter XI - The Great Explorer's Impulse

LORD SELKIRK

Chapter I - A Youthful Philosopher
Chapter II - First Experiments in Emigration
Chapter III - A Dream of Empire
Chapter IV - The Colony Begun
Chapter V - Red River Occupied
Chapter VI - Angry Passions
Chapter VII - Bloodshed
Chapter VIII - An Expedition of Rescue
Chapter IX - Worry and Disaster
Chapter X - The Shadows Fall

SIR GEORGE SIMPSON

Chapter I - Dark Days and the Man for the Time
Chapter II - The Men he Led
Chapter III - The Domain of an Emperor
Chapter IV - As Civil Ruler
Chapter V - A Journey Round the World
Chapter VI - In His Letters
Chapter VII - Before the Imperial Parliament
Chapter VIII - Canada's Debt to the Fur Companies